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A central part of the JA’s mission is to gather voices together online around common questions news producers share. Community needs and JA program values guide our work hosting forums. These values include a high degree of transparency and accountability to you and the growing JA community, because we believe it’s valuable to share what...
Posted by Lisa Skube on November 22, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Craft Experiments Policy
Transparency around how we are tackling technology, building community and enabling connection is a core value of the Journalism Accelerator. Our intention is to clarify the thinking behind the JA’s authentication process, so you can feel informed in your decision to participate on the site. And be comfortable knowing what information you are sharing with...
Posted by Jeff Lennan on November 11, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Technology
In my first post on the Seattle Interactive Conference, I went over some locally developed tools designed to make information more relevant and insightful. Mobile apps like Trover, which allows geo-discovery through photos, and Evri, which organizes ~15,000 news feeds into a friendly iPad interface, are useful on an individual level. But my concern is:...
Posted by Jacob Caggiano on November 8, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Policy Revenue Technology
About Denise Denise Cheng joins the JA from Michigan, where she’s been practicing deep hyperlocal journalism. As the citizen journalism coordinator for the Grand Rapids Community Media Center, she also reported and edited copy for The Rapidian, a local news site. She has taught social media and digital story telling at Portland Community Media in...
Posted by Denise Cheng on November 7, 2011
Topics: Blog Community
Journalists have always covered the tech industry as a section of the newspaper, but now, due to the personal media explosion, the very existence of the trade is dependent on conversations and decisions that happen at events like this year’s Seattle Interactive Conference. About Jacob Jacob Caggiano writes about his “healthy obsession” with communicating online,...
Posted by Jacob Caggiano on November 4, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Experiments Revenue Technology
Got more to say about the value and potential of local TV news? The forum remains open. For some starter background, read this interview with Mark Platte, news director of Hawaii News Now, and this interview with Josh Stearns and Libby Reinish of Free Press/Change the Channels campaign. Last week we asked you: What is...
Posted by Emily Harris on November 2, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Craft Distribution Revenue
Seattle local and friend of JA Jacob Caggiano of Future Soup will be covering Seattle’s Interactive Conference unfolding over the course of today and tomorrow. He’ll be tweeting out to you all on the things he sees and learns. In particular, he’ll share insight on how technology is being applied in new and innovative ways to inspire community...
Posted by Lisa Skube on November 2, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Experiments Technology
Despite the proliferation of online sources, most Americans still rely on the TV when they want local news. In Hawaii, Mark Platte plays a big role in creating that local news. As news director of Hawaii News Now, Platte oversees newscasts on three of the five stations with local newscasts. We found Mark when we...
Posted by Emily Harris on October 26, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Craft Distribution Revenue
Despite the proliferation of online sources, most Americans still rely on local TV to find out what’s happening in their communities, particularly during big, breaking news. But TV news is changing. Newsrooms are consolidating and stations downsizing. Some share or outsource reporting. We at the JA wondered how local TV has changed to inform and...
Posted by Emily Harris on October 26, 2011
Topics: Blog Community Craft Distribution Revenue
“What would you really love to do right now?” a friend asked me this summer. Beyond the immediately obvious, she meant. Which meant I had to come up with something besides what I was doing at the moment. Which was, I think, stuffing sun-warmed raspberries in my mouth as fast as I could pick them. I...
Posted by Emily Harris on October 5, 2011
Topics: Blog Community
